1952. Crew loading up for takeoff on Blowdown and Bark Beetle Survey. Project was completed in six weeks' time using four air crews of four men each to observe blowdown and bark beetle damage. Eugene, Oregon.

Crew loading up for takeoff on Blowdown and Bark Beetle Survey. Project was completed in six weeks' time using four air crews of four men each to observe blowdown and bark beetle damage. Eugene, Oregon.

 

Photo by: Thomas C. Adams

Date: August 1952

 

Credit: National Archives and Records Administration

RG# 95-GP. Records of the Forest Service. General Subject Files.

US Forest Service Negative Number: 472010

NARA Image: 95-GP-5046-Box0855_027_001_AC

 

For additional information see:

Greeley, A.W., Wright, K.H. and Pope, R.B. 1953. Final report on the 1952 blowdown bark beetle survey in the Douglas-fir region of Oregon and Washington. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. Portland Forest Insect Lab.

 

For geospatial data collected during annual aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-...

 

For related historic program documentation see:

archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection...

Johnson, J. 2016. Aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys in Oregon and Washington 1947-2016: The survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. R6-FHP-GTR-0302. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. 280 p.

 

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

 

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